Combination brush and comb.



E; KOHLER & J. BLEIKER.

COMBINATION BRUSH AND'GOMB.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 25, 1909. 933,556?

Patented Sept 7, 1909.

HNVENTORS wa'TNzssEs';

. "mam AT'TGENEY UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ERNEST KOHLER Ann JoiiN IBLE Kfi'B, or Amman-A, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION BRUSH Ann COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented'fiept. 7. 1909.

. Application filed January 25 1909. Serial No. 474,085.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that We, EnNiis'r KOHLER, a. citizen of the United' States,and JOHN BLEIKER, a citizen of Switzerland, both residing atAlaineda,-in the county of Alanieda and State of California, haveinvented new and useful-Improvements in Combination Brushes and Combs,of which the following is a specification.

()urinvention relates to a combined hair brush and comb, andparticularly -to thatc ass wherein the'body of the brush is soconstituted as to form a receptacle for one or' more combs. p The ob ectof our invention is to provide a simple,'pract1 cal, novel and eifectiveform of a combined hair, brush and comb,-

in which the comb is adapted to be retained within the body portion ofthe brush when not in use, and in which suitable means are provided forreadi'l' for use when desired.

A further object is to provide a combined hair brush and comb which isan article of general utility, and particularly suited for the uses ofbarber-s, hair-dressers, and-the like; which is compact in form and matin appearance. r

"lhe'invention consists of the parts and the construction andcombination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed,having reference to the accompanying drawings, n wh1ch'- Figure 1 is aperspective view of our combined hair brush and comb. Fig. 2 is I a plan'view with the top portioniemoved,

showing the combs in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a section on the l neX'X, F 1g. 2. Fig. 4 IS a diagrammatic view of the actuating mechanism,F ig; 5 is a detailed view of the thumb-piece and guide.

A is the body portion constituting the back and handle of a hair brushwhich may be of any suitable design or, construction, in which areformed the recesses 2 adapted to receive the combs 3 3. Toggle links 4are pivoted at 5 to an actuating bar 6, and

to the combs 33, at -7; cooperating toggle? links 8 being fulcruined .tothe brush back" A on pins 99 and pivoted tolinks 4 at-10. The actuatingbar 6. is slotted at 11, Fig.

4, to permit of slida'ble movement Withre lation to the pin 9, and thebar is turned.

upward at one end, asat'l2, so as to form a thumb-piece 13, as shown in,Fig. 5.

y adjusting the comb "p pairing the parts.

' His a guide plate secured to the cover portion A, hav ng a narrow slot15 Which upper portion of the thumb-piece.

Notclies -16 are cut in'the thumb-pieceto row slot 15 of the guideplate. A spring 17 placed upon the under side of the actuating bar'andunder the thumb-piece, tends to retain the notches 16 the slot 15.

thumb-piece 13-,against the action of the the actuating bar 6 may bemoved the length of the slot 15 in the guide plate 14:, whereand theactuating bar is retained in a locked osition.

When the actuating bar is moved in the direction of the arrow Z, Fig. 2,the inner move therewith, while the outer ends, by reason of beingfulcrumed on the short links 8, will be moved outwardly in a directionat right angles to that of the actuating jected outward-by 'a'simplemovement of the thumb-piece .in the opposite direction.

the toggle links on only one side of the brush will be required, themeans of operation remaining. substantially the same.

The cover portion A may be secured to means, in such manner that it maybe readily removed, for the is widcnedat the extremities to receive theout'of alinenient with 5 spring 17, until the notches 16 are, on theplane of the slot 15, the thumb-piece and upon-the notches are thrownout of engagement with the slot 15 bythe spring 17,

purpose of cleaning or re-, 110

.60 such depth that it will slide within the nar- In practice, bypressing down upon the ends of the long links 4: of the toggle .vill

bar, until the position shown in Fig. 4; is

In the drawings, the brush is shown with "two combs attached, both. ofwhich are .operated simultaneously; but it is apparent that when onlyone cc-inb is desired, but one recess will be made in the brush back,and

the brush (back by screws, or other suitable,

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- named Having thus described our invention,;what

we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- 1. The combinationwith a body portion constituting a back and a handle, said bodyportionh'aving a recess along each side, a comb adapted to operate inand out of said recess, and comb operating means, named means includinga bar slidably mounted on the handle anda toggle connection betweensaid' bar and comb for operating'the latter in a plane at, substantiallyright angles to the direction of movement of said bar. 2.- Thecombination of a body'portion constituting a back and a handle, saidback beingrecessed along its side edges, a comb movable into and out ofeach recess and means for operating the combs, said last means includinga longitudinally slidable bar and toggle lever connections between thebar and each end of the combs.

3. The combination of a body p'ortion-con-J stituting aback'and a handlesaid back being recessed along its opposite side ortions,

' the slide bar.

a comb slidably'mountedin each 0 said Irecesses, a 'slide bar interposedbetween thebacks of the combs, and a toggle lever connection between theslide bar and each end 10f eachof. said combs whereby thecombs areoperatively moved in unison out of-or into the'recesses' 4, combinationof abody portion constituting a back and-a handle, said back hav-v ingav recess'along its side, a comb slidably mounted in'said recess andadapted to be movedinto' and out of the recess, a slide bar 'movablelongitudinally of the back, and connections between the handle and theback of the comb for moving the comb in a plane at rightangles to thedirection of movement of '5. The combination of a body portion con:

said last -6. A disappearin and a stituting a back and a handle, saidback 106- ing recessed alongits side, a comb mounted 111 said recess andadapted to move into and out of the same,'a bar slidable longitudinallyof the back, a pair of links pivoted to the bar and to opposite ends ofthe comb, and another pair of links (pivoted to the first pair of linksand to fixe supports on said back. comb comprising a housing therefor,an means for moving the comb into and out of the housing, said last-'named means compris ng a bar SlldlIlg lengthwise of the comb and having.a project- .ing exposedjportionforming a finger-hold,-

and toggleconnections between the bar and comb by which the latter ismoved at right angles to the bar on the reciprocation of the I latter. vI

' 7. The combination of a body portionconstituting a back and a handle,said back being recessed along its opposite edges to form housings, apair of combs in said housings, :and movable iii-opposite directionsinto and out of the-housings, and means carried: by

the back for moving said combs,--said; last-- named means including asliding bar be.v

tween the combs-and; toggle connections be;

tween the bar and eachof the" combs, said toggles: comprising a pairof.links pivoted to each comb-and also 'to the bar, and an.-

other 1pair of links pivoted to a-fixed, support

